Introduction to Cherry Audio's CR-78 Drum Machine

"I’ve had absolutely tons and tons of fun with this particular plug-in. I didn’t think I was going to enjoy it as much as I have. I’m not making it up. This is the most fun I’ve had with any plug-in I’ve ever played."
Cherry Audio and Tim Shoebridge have again teamed up to create an extensive and entertaining video that introduces users to the classic CR-78 sounds and the new features of this tremendous virtual drum machine.
Get CR-78 today at cherryaudio.com/products/cr-78 for only $49!
Cherry Audio's CR-78 accurately recreates the punchy analog sounds and 34 onboard preset rhythms of the first true classic drum machine and takes it much further. We've done away with the complex beat programming, replaced it with a familiar X0X-style button-per-step interface, and added an easy-to-use song mode for pattern chaining. Unlike sample-based emulations, Cherry Audio's CR-78 uses modeled synthesis to recreate the classic tones of the original and makes a quantum leap forward by making these sounds fully editable. Four studio-quality effects are provided, with a uniquely fast and fun "send button" for each individual tone in the effects and mixer section, which also includes a complete mixer, compressor, and a six-band graphic EQ.
For more details on how to get the most out of CR-78, try the free demo and check out the User Guide at docs.cherryaudio.com/cherry-a...
00:00 - Introduction
01:14 - Overview - The Panels
02:50 - The Main Panel: Factory Preset Buttons and Variations
05:10 - Other Variation Options
09:55 - "Pop Quiz 1!"
12:34 - Programming Patterns
16:58 - Programming Songs
18:59 - "Pop Quiz 2!"
21:46 - Voice Edit Panel
26:26 - "Pop Quiz 3!"
27:15 - DAW Tools and Drag-Export
29:08 - Multi-Outs DAW Option
31:08 - Mixer/Effects Panel
33:18 - Melodic Tones
35:28 - "Pop Quiz Final!"
37:41 - Final Thoughts
40:20 - Outro Track
Tim Shoebridge on KZbin - / timshoebridge
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[@pinkanimals]

Not surprised. I could feel it coming in the air tonight.

[@pinkanimals]

@@montofrekasi4541 Touche! 😩

[@GertBoers]

@@montofrekasi4541No way! I'm stepping out!

[@supercompooper]

No one is making Liquid Sky movie references. There was a whole scene with this machine! The 'Me and my rhythm box' song 😮 ​@@montofrekasi4541

[@wolfgangwiesinger9502]

I always thought Phil Collins played all instruments by himself

[@theaudioeng]

@@wolfgangwiesinger9502 🤣🤣

[@houdinididiit]

Fantastic. While there are some free hacks of this machine, Cherry Audio did the usual and upped the game by adding features relevant to modern recording. Damn it. I must buy. I must buy. Thank you Cherry Audio!

[@andremcpherson1424]

Steppin' Out : Joe Jackson what a classic song by one of the most criminally underated singer/songwriters ever!! I've always loved him, his birthday is the same day as mine - big shout out to everyone born on August 11th (Especially the 1966 vintage!!)🙂 It was actually a Korg - KR55 which was used on that song!! There's a video on KZbin from 2019 filmed at the London Palladium, during which Joe holds up and tells the audience about the KR55 prior to performing the classic song!! The drum machine is also featured in a picture of Joe, his backing band and his recording gear in the Night And Day CD booklet!! This CR78 does sound as good though!! Cool video, I loved it, but I'll stick with my actual CR78 which, despite it's age, is still in mint condition!! Keep up the great work!!

[@rudetee]

This!

[@MyVideos-fm7ug]

The bass guitar is exhausting to play for that song

[@peterbondy]

To hear these sounds as modelled synthesis rather than samples is refreshing for my ears. Samples are great of course but this sounds sensational and has the flexibility to edit in an authentic way giving a truly authentic sound that sampling can’t give you, in my experience anyway. After all, sound quality is the key for any plugin producing professional results.

[@carlosserrano3985]

Visage Fade to Grey!

[@ElNabulsi]

First the Behringer announcement and then this!! I just picked up this amazing VST and I couldn't possibly be happier. It sounds FANTASTIC... Considering that this is by far my favorite retro drum machine, I couldn't be happier with the all the attention it's getting this year! About damn time ❣But The Cherry Audio Twist sounds absolutely brilliant here. Thank you so much guys!

[@verbaljam]

Great overview. And a trip down memory lane, because I owned one in the eighties. Sold it. 😢

[@2JohJoh2]

Again a great review ! Fun, thorough and nice (presentation/video) style and format : good balance examples - explanation, hear what you show, (no strange hand movements - you all know those videos), and excellent voice use / audio quality. Never had a high opinion about the CR-78 - only the 909 / DMX / SP12 and especially the Linndrum were held in high regard - and was definitely not looking for a new (Drum Machine) Plugin. I think I'm in big trouble now, I managed to stay (new) plug-in sober for 18 months, but now I'm absolutely tempted !!

[@anthonysallis]

This is absolutely the right direction to take for Cherry. Ahead of the curve which I'm glad to see is NOT yet another reverb, equaliser or tape delay! This goes hand in hand with the synths. I'm sure Cherry will get bombarded with wishful demands about all the other classic drum machines. Hopefully this will unfold in our favour with absolutely no prodding from we consumers! ;-) As I finished the install and got it going in Ableton, I had the widest smile as I played around. There's no doubt it triggered buried good vibes of using it in the late 70s and 80s and the strength of the 'product recognition' surprised me. What a great bit of kit, thanks Cherry!

[@keekeefries6298]

Wow, Tim Shoebridge! They are pulling out the big guns! 😊 great video!

[@davidrandall5743]

This has to be the coolest, hippest drum machine ever made, next to the 808. Bravo Cherry Audio for bringing it back , and with a visually stunning likeness as well. Wow.

[@pinkwonder3591]

I would say the coolest drum machine is the linn drum

[@tenortim]

Stepping Out originally used a Korg Rhythm 55 drum machine (Joe still has it and brought it out on tour a few years back). But the CR-78 is wonderful and I'm so happy that Cherry have made this instrument. Looking forward to grabbing it and playing with it!

[@fogvarious2478]

it's on youtube as "joe Jackson-Steppin' Out (Live at the London Palladium 17/04/2019)" :)

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Oof, both bassline and rhythmic placement of chords are wrong here 😅

[@fraxis2007]

This is awesome, but your comment reminds me that we also now need a KR 55 (also extensively used by Jean-Michel Jarre on his Magnetic Fields album) plus a Korg MiniPops for some instant Oxygene!

[@RichardDenRooyen1973]

​@@fraxis2007 yesss, a Minipops would be nice from Cherry Audio

[@andremcpherson1424]

@@fraxis2007 Korg Minipops?? WOW!! I'd love one and they do turn up on Ebay from time to time but are way too expensive!! Kudos to you for being a fellow fan of the legend that is Jean M.J.

[@dankeplace]

Excellent vid from an excellent presenter, thx Cherry, thx Tim.

[@jlmartin63]

Great plug-in and excellent tribute to Joe Jackson!

[@fogvarious2478]

joe used a korg though (as seen in the live show from 2019) .. nice enough though

[@jlmartin63]

@@fogvarious2478 I used Korg, Roland TR-909 and TR-505 in the early 80s. I can't play drums but I love to program the rhythm parts. I still have the last one...

[@anthonyhall2483]

One of the most underrated performers of the late 70s and 80s. I still regularly play his records - a great song writer, a bit like Paddy McAloon, another great talent!

[@jlmartin63]

@@anthonyhall2483 You are absolutely right!

[@yvesaltana5732]

Roxy Music Same Old Scene 💜

[@patrickLee_born_again]

Great job on Heart of glass intro! Love this drum machine! And "In the air tonight" was amazing. You managed to carry the cool factor of the song!! NICE NICE NICE! Too bad the video ended before you reached the MAIN FULL ON drums build up that comes after "... so stranger to you and me".... !

[@HustonSingletary]

A fantastic instrument plugin! Once you have fun with all the presets and original patterns (drag & drop is the win) and programming a few patterns it can get really interesting in the edit and mixer pages (crank up that compressor). So much capability to move into un-charted territory. I loved working on this one with you guys. Cheers 👍

[@ddemulling9722]

Thanks Tim. You are absolutely never boring as some clown here mentioned. Passionate and informed. Thank you for your hard work making these videos.

[@horizontalblanking]

Hey Duchess… Time to warm up your Heart Of Glass and get yourself to Vienna! 🙃

[@GertBoers]

You are way to modest about your pieces of music, Tim. They're lovely!

[@gossipboynyc9625-VN]

Beyond lovely, he could be a trend-setter for an entire industry, but that's just Cherry audio being iconic and doing gear of golden, peak ages in music to a perfection. Obviously it's just taste, subjective, but I really like where he is going in terms of what he finds as great songs, iconic popular songs in the ages

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

So many great songs made with this CRazy little box. Thanks so much!

[@EquanelleEquanelle]

Brilliant video - clear, thorough and entertaining. Thank you

[@jumpstar9000]

What a great thing. Can't wait to play with it. Thanks a lot for the awesome overview.

[@ryanbmd7988]

Superb video Tim, thank you

[@faylonbiryani]

This looks and sounds great, I will definitely be getting this. I’m partial to a bit of subtle (and not so subtle!) CR-78 in my tracks.

[@Kkidzz]

Own the real deal with the tubbutec midi mod; each drum voice velocity sensitive. Foxx’s ‘Metamatic’ blew my teen mind upon its release waaaay back. CR78 through an MXR150 Phase shifter…. Bliss

[@macronencer]

Love that album! I still have my vinyl copy :)

[@supercompooper]

My rhythm box is sweet Never forgets a beat It never eats It never shits It never sleeps It only beats😅😅😅

[@ECHQ]

it... it is.... FREE PROGAMMED!!

[@supercompooper]

@@ECHQ Preprogrammed?

[@ECHQ]

@@supercompooper oops, misheard lyrics I guess, sorry.

[@MPHORROCKS]

I had one ages ago and loved! Great to see it come back.

[@BassFunMusic]

Amazing sounds ♥☺♪

[@PawelZawiejaTwoboys]

Sì, concordo, ha dei suoni fantastici e un'edizione così ampia e meravigliosa, si possono modificare così tanti parametri, è uno strumento meraviglioso, lo amo già. Saluti da Bass Fun ☺♥

[@thomasinlondon2849]

Brilliant concept. Looks fantastic. Great introduction, I'm off to buy it now.

[@H4NDCRAFTED]

Love these dusty old drum machines and not in a post ironic way. I just love the crude soft sound and they all respond to processing so well. They can be beefed up but I like their naked softness , dusty white noise , the phasing of overlapping frequencies. They are so charming.

[@KOVONNIMUSIC]

Incredibly incredible video, thank you so much! 😊❤

[@furiobisotti8150]

As usual. It wasn't planned to buy in my brain, but Tim and Cherry Audio made me change opinion. This is a very clever way to simulate a drum machine. At this point we all need similar replicas of TR727 or 808 and Linn!

[@olsonwaters4116]

vprom has one of the linn already its amazing i use it all the time

[@VPXM2012]

So it is emulation, not sample based? Very happy about that 😊

[@romansidler]

Indeed a very nice plugin, I also like your warm and calm style of presenting it😊. Motivates me to finish the overhaul my real CR-78.

[@JAAPIOJO]

This is more fun than I first thought you get those old nostalgic vibes quickly and can make an own 80's song quickly.

[@trevorjoseph8390]

I can see where this is going with the advancement with this programming next either a TR505, TR808, TR606, Linn, DMX SCI Tom type machine. Visual step sequencer page although already would be a good edition. Already own many Cherry Audio renditions and still programming...LOVELY JUBBLY!!

[@paulheartsongs]

We used the CR-78 live in the 80s Ooh yeah!! 😊

[@rofilmmedia1]

Great tutorial! Thank you for that! Enjoy your day! Rolf

[@felixknuepfer]

this is quite awesome ! Big Thanks for this !! ❤

[@AllanGildea]

Great video, thanks. Fab sounds.

[@artprojectsnz]

Utterly brilliant plug in - been waiting for years for something as good as this as this…well done Cherry peeps! And nice explanatory vid too….full marks!! ✅ JPMusic

[@nicok5630]

Very happy this exists - the CR78 just grooves.

[@GuyTallo]

Now i want a piece of Roquefort. Sounds great!

[@tommyvaughanhaus]

Excellent!

[@gudrunegert7886]

I had one. Feel sentimental now 😌.

[@cinemalulli]

Great interface

[@waynetardiff9328]

That was a decent representation,I'd say!! :)

[@thegroove2000]

STEPPING OUT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS TIMELESS.

[@phobheak4505]

Hello Tim, great video, as usual . But i think Steppin Out has been played wit a Korg KR-55. Sheers fron France !

[@tomburden]

Man what a great world we live in that we have a behringer cr 78 and now a cherry audio one. Cherry audio has great timing. I need both!

[@mooseyard]

The CR-78 has a cameo appearance in the 1982 film “Liquid Sky” - one of the characters holds it under her arm as she sings “Me And My Rhythm Box” in a NYC nightclub.

[@CherryAudiovst]

We just posted a pic of that elsewhere, along with the easter egg in the Mr BeatBox teaser! We'll see if we can post it here in KZbin...

[@bentinho]

I wasn't too interested in this when it was announced but damnit Cherry Audio got me again smh!!! It being DSP and not sample based is awesome.

[@tombfoot]

Awesome!

[@caa8701]

another great plug-in

[@tekis0]

I'm getting one!

[@AModulationJourney]

Oh this sounds great! Thought that first track was AHA Take on me till you played chords! Great demo, definite buy for me , like how easy ut is to add variation

[@samjf1]

Me too 😂

[@thethesaxman23]

This is awesome!! I love the sounds of the original CR-78 and frankly the samples Ive found have been underwhelming and dont have this kind of versatility. Cant wait to try this!

[@SPAZZOID100]

The CR-78 has been on my want-list for 25 years. This is great, but I need hardware.

[@GNeuman]

Behringer are in the preproduction/phase beta testing of their CR78 clone, DR-78

[@stevepinnick9914]

Joe Jackson used a korg KR55 drum machine fed through a synthesizer

[@bobhoran9778]

Heart of Glass - Blondie Stepping Out - Joe Jackson

[@blueeyedsoulman]

Stepping Out was a Korg KR-55

[@bobhoran9778]

@@blueeyedsoulman I never said is wasn’t. I was commenting on the songs he was playing that we were supposed to be guessing. But thanks for clarifying that.

[@blueeyedsoulman]

@@bobhoran9778 No problem. I didn't want someone to get this thinking it was the correct instrument for that song.

[@ziebanez]

I`m still waiting for a Cherry Audio Jupiter-8 synth! 🥲

[@davidjazay9248]

Wow, just wow.

[@YootubeUK]

Of course, "Same old scene", I should have gotten that straight away! Good demo, it "almost" looks like I could piece together a track!

[@liothomasart]

Bring it on! Bring it!

[@benmckinney2941]

The drums on heart of glass sound alot like the opening to remind me to smile by Gary Numan as well.

[@buckycore]

God I love this plugin

[@BlueJavaTN]

Great video - thank you Cherry Audio! Rock 1 = Hall & Oates I Can't Go For That, one of my favorites.

[@celebutante]

Check out the preset "Could Go For It." (has the echo/comp/EQ all dialed in)

[@BlueJavaTN]

@@celebutante Awesome - that's it, thank you, just set to 111 bpm and voilà

[@MacXpert74]

Nice video. The first song from Joe Jackson "Stepping out" was actually recorded with the Korg KR-55 drummachine. It sounds somewhat similar to the CR-78, but not quite the same.

[@thestonedrummer6147]

Have to have it 🙈

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Very punchy! Cherry kills again. I like my analog Cyclone TT-78, which isn’t an exact replica, it also has controls for editing the sounds and it sounds slightly different than the original 78 and this one; a bit tougher/more rugged. So really, I’d probably use them both, for different things. May need to pick this up.

[@ChrisStrobel]

Ohh I love this 😍 By the way, Sade's "War of the Hearts" is also a possible candidate for the list, I think it uses the same pattern as "Same Old Scene", just slower

[@wasntborntofollow]

Great video as usual, after the funny hoax teaser! The Plug-in is magnificent! The stand alone mode is a must, as always! Go Cherry Audio!!! Greetings from Madrid City Spain!

[@scottk3292]

For some reason, I knew there would have to be some Blondie in there. As soon as I saw the claves, I was thinking The Tide Is High, but this was clearly way too fast for that. That intro is unmistakably Heart of Glass.

[@JohnnyMacaw]

I have a cr78 I got on eBay for about $800 in nice good condition... I wish it had a built in midi to it to sync it to my synths.. now I gotta mod it. Great drum machine

[@mrdali67]

The multy key pressing was very common back in the days on organs. You could do this on most rhythm machines. Just depended on how many fingers you were able to manage to get over 2 or more buttons. Not always gave something usefull, but actually quite cool. This is such a nice plugin since it done "right" with circuit emulation instead of just samples. Would be fun to see coupled with a simple old school "Auto accomp." with some old school analog bass and rhytmic instruments.

[@2sing]

compurythm of my youth, never forgotten, today again I dream to can possess one

[@argumentchannel]

@11:45 Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out drum machine was Korg KR55

[@LeeroysMusicalJourney]

That’s correct I made a version with plugin Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson Cover By Leeroy kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5bFaX1jorqSedU

[@pauljeavons8878]

Really great run through. At last I can get my favourite drum machine. Was hoping Behringer would produce a hardware version. But cherry have probably destroyed their sales. It's easier and better than any hardware. My only thoughts I would have preferred a matrix grid for editting. Great idea for the instant midi export. Something that is perfect for Ableton.

[@oriomenoni7651]

OMG that lead guitar... marvellous... is that a VST? 12:23

[@jimimidi]

Great intro to the instrument. Thanks. You forgot a very important purveyor of the drum boxes, one who definitely used the more than one pattern at a time concept, and also manipulated one live : Sly Stone! Was probably a unit before the 78, but definitely the same ideas and sounds

[@keyboardresource]

"Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson was a Korg Rhythm 55 (KR-55) drum machine and is pictured (along with all the other equipment used on the album) on Night & Day inner gatefold. Also, The Cars' used a CR-78 on "Double Life" on Candy-O not "Shoo Be Do".

[@youtsubeEO]

Great !! Why didn't Roland and others create plug-ins for this wonderful instrument?

[@DavidGilden]

What was lead synth you used for the Joe Jackson demo? Sounded awesome 😂😢😮

[@BFBeast666]

Wonderful walkthrough! My biggest question though: What electric guitar sound is used in your slight variation of "Stepping Out"?

[@TimShoebridge]

Thanks 🙏 The guitar is a stock sound from my beaten up old Motif kbd.

[@gossipboynyc9625-VN]

Wow wow. These are the best genres in the world, before Y2k, RnB and 90's house techno and amen breaks took over, imo. But this, this era and iconicness is is the best (one of the best). Would love for Adele to do this type of music, I like this more than rock and country or even RnB. This, this is just iconic, these rhythm genres, these tempos, the drum tracks.

[@TheTMontgomery]

Wonderful would be good to upgrade the Korg KR55B in a similar manner

[@jimharp8655]

Sold!

[@marquonuk]

Just to add that a number of artists used that same rumba rhythm as on the Blondie song. Gary Numan (definitely on Remind Me To Smile from Telekon), and more than once, I think. Roxy Music - which you then featured! The original lineup Ultravox! (with the exclamation mark, before Midge Ure joined) might have as well. It's a great, iconic rhythm (I've used it in my own amateur stuff), and really feels "1980s", but can comfortably support a variety of musical styles. Not sure whether the artists all used the CR78. I assume not! Great piece of kit. I don't use a DAW (I'm old fashioned and still use hardware for recording), but as I always wanted a CR78 but couldn't afford one, I assume I could use this virtual drum machine to create a drum track, and then record it into a couple of tracks on my digital recorder. :-)

[@CherryAudiovst]

It works standalone without a DAW as well!

[@argumentchannel]

The year i started using synth. Korg ps3000

[@kencrisp6333]

Just had an iconic question about setting the tempo on this iconic software drum machine. Is there a way to set the tempo via digital readout on this iconic machine or are we stuck with that big analog "Tempo" button only? For example, the tempo for that iconic fourth song, written by that super iconic recording artist, should be @ an iconic 95bpm. How can you be sure you're set at that iconic 95bpm for that super, super iconic song? Thanks!

[@CherryAudiovst]

The Host Sync switch locks to the same tempo as your DAW. Otherwise (Host Sync off), dial it in on the Tempo knob or double-click it to enter the precise BPM

[@subramaniamchandrasekar1397]

Great video. Can all the sounds changed to a single instrument? Like all snares, All tom Toms etc Regards.

[@celebutante]

Hope I'm understanding your question correctly... any sound/mixer/effects edits "stick" as you change patterns with the front panel factory and user beats, but there isn't a way to globally edit or lock sounds when you change presets using the main preset browser (purple strip at the top).

[@harveyspecter1653]

I bought your everything bundle some time ago. Will this now be added? Guess not.. 😀 Hoping on it though...

[@CherryAudiovst]

Synth Stacks include all instruments up to and including the time of release (Synth Stack 4, Nov 2023). This may be added to a future Synth Stack but is not part of Synth Stack 4

[@MPHORROCKS]

Not sure how to create a song from my user presets. Any advice most welcome. :)

[@donaldriley2996]

Do you know what drum machine was used in “I’m Your Boogie Man”?

[@group-music]

Steppin' Out actually used the Korg KR-55.

[@MadAsgardian]

Demo does seem fun so far. Maybe I’m missing something, but I wish Cherry would include init patches in their software. Once you start making changes there doesn’t seem to be a way to get back to the default, freshly installed “factory” settings (unless you remember to create your own init preset).

[@celebutante]

You can just click the "New" button at top left to initialize (this applies to all of our instruments).

[@MadAsgardian]

@@celebutante Thank yooou!👍

[@GNeuman]

Pop Quiz 2...also used by Gary Numan on Remind Me To Smile

[@fraxis2007]

Just to check - as Tim said he couldn't quite match the rhythm on the final song, are the preset patterns actually identical to the Roland ones, or have some or all of them been altered very slightly to avoid copyright issues?

[@CherryAudiovst]

The factory “button” preset patterns are absolutely matched to the hardware, but keep in mind that some songs may have used the WS-1 accessory to create custom beats beyond the buttons. You’ll find our reproductions of those patterns in the preset browser, with not-so-cryptic names 😉

[@fraxis2007]

@@CherryAudiovst Thanks very much. This is such a great release!

[@ukura]

I bought the ROLA 78 from forgotten keys. A kontakt instrument. Wonder how this differs?

[@CherryAudiovst]

Rola uses a sampled approach, we used the modeled synthesis approach which allows a lot more sound design and variety